TWO PAIRS OF TORAH FINIALS. A: Brass finials Morocco or Israel, 20th century. * B: White metal finials Yemen or Israel, 20th century.

A: The brass finials with flat cast openwork upper elements are of Moroccan type. H: 270mm. B: The faceted baluster finials are of the type used in San’a, in Western Yemen. H: 260mm.. BE1: These brass finials with flat cast openwork upper elements are of Moroccan type; they were made either in Morocco or Israel, in the 20th centuiry BE2: The white metal finials are of the type used in San’a; they are from Yemen or Israel, 20th century. BE1 270 mm H; BE2 260 mmH

When a Torah scroll is housed within a Tik, or Torah case, small finials which compliment the setting are often preferred. In certain Sephardic communities the Tik would be further embellished with scarves tied around the bases of the Rimonim. See Israel Museum Catalogue, The Jews of Morocco p. 53; Israel Museum Catalogue, The Jews of Yemen (1994) p. 117.